Gender and gonadal status modulation of dorsal raphe nucleus serotonergic neurons. Part I: Effects of gender and pregnancy

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1119-1128

  Klink, R ^a   Robichaud, M ^a   Debonnel, Guy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 HT firing; Electrophysiology; Gender; In vivo; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036917878     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00219-8     Document Type: Article

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